> > > ... Apple is leaving the X86-64 platform for an ARM platform. ... > > The recent releases of macOS went 64-bit only ... > ... transitioned from PPC to x86. > ... cut out a lot of old software >
I have one leg in the MacOS world and I went through both transitions, PPC to Intel and 32-bit to "64-bit only". I remember both were pretty much no-events. Ran "fink update", "ports update", and all the linux-side software was good. Joints like VLC, Firefox, Google-chrome, issued updated packages quickly. Commercial things like the "amazing slow downer", I remember paying for an updated license (an app well worth the money, recommended. but very specialized of course). Moving our linux work from x86 to ARM is similarly a non-event, except for the need to cross-compile for some non-self-hosting embedded machines. -- Konstantin Olchanski Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada